Compartment shower



March 8f. 1949- H. G. MULLETT ET AL 2,463,637

COMPARTMENT SHOWER K Fil'ed sept. 1o, 1945 2 sheets-'sheet 1 H. G. MULLETT ETAL '2,463,637

`March 8,1949.

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' COMEARTMENT SHOWER.

Howard G. Mullett, Whitefish Bay, and James L. y

Sevedge, Wauwatosa, Wis., assignors'to Bradley Washfountain Co., Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application September 10, 1945, Serial No. 615,274

The invention relates to improvements in compartment shower baths.

One of the objects of the invention is an im- Aproved and simplied framework for compartment showers.

A further object of the invention is to provide a connection for simultaneously connecting together the uprights, horizontal frame members and the brace rods.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve upon the structure of prior U. S. Patent No. 2,042,547, dated June 2, 1936, to H. A. Mullett.

The linvention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the lconclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a detailed sectional view taken along the broken line I-I of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a detailed plan view of apparatus embodying the invention;

Fig. 3 is a detailed vertical sectional view taken in the line 3-3 of Fig. 4, parts being broken away;

Fig. 4 is a detailed horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, parts being broken away.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the parts during -assembly and before the completion thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the apparatus includes a central hollow standard 6 and ve uprights or posts 1 equally radially spaced from said standard, all of said parts being anchored in a base 8, such as a dished slab of concrete sloping toward said standard whose base portion includes a fitting 9 having drain openings I0 therein communicating with a drain pipe I I.

Partitions I2 are secured to said standard 6 and the uprights 1 in any suitable manner but preferably by the connections shown in detail in said Patent No. 2,042,547.

A hot water pipe I3 and a cold water pipe I4 lead vertically downward through the standard and connect with a mixing tting I5 of the type shown in the prior U. S. Patent No. 1,747,838, of February 18, 1930, and from which the ow of tempered water to each of the discharge pipes I6 is controlled by the valves I1 and I8. The pipes I6 project radially outwardly from the standards, there being one pipe for each compartment formed by the partitions I2, and each pipe is provided with a shower or spray head I9. By properly regulating the valves I1 and I8 the temperature of the water delivered through the spray head I9 may be controlled to suit the desires of the bather.

A tubular fitting 20 is mounted on the top of the upright, and the pipes I6 project through circumferentially spaced openings therein, and other radially disposed openings 2| alined with the partitions I2 receive the inner threaded ends 22 of brace rods 23 whose other ends 24 project through openings 25 adjacent the tops of the uprights 1 which are preferably pipes or tubular members.

For bracing the tops of the pipes and for forming supports from which the usual curtains (not shown) are hung, arcuate or segmentally formed tubes 26 are disposed between and secured to adjacent uprights 1 near the top thereof. For this purpose one of the ends 21 of each tube 26 is of a reduced section to telescope within the open larger end of the adjoining tube, as shown in Fig. 4, and at this telescoping joint both tubes pass through alined openings 28 in the upright 1 to which they are to be connected. For locking the jointed ends of the tubes thus disposed to each other and to the upright and also to the outer end 24 of the brace rod 23 for this part of the framework a pin or connector 29 extends through diametrically disposed openings 30 and 3I in said tubes 26 and similar openings 32 in said brace rod 23, said pin being centered and braced at its upper end by a flanged cap 33 through which it passes and abutting the top of the upright 1. After the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 5, the nut 34 for the threaded end 22 of the rod 23 is drawn up, and in doing so the lower end 35 of the pin moves with said rod and bends the pin laterally below its connection with the tubes 26, as seen in Fig. 3, thus eiectively holding the pin -against dislodgement and at the same time locking together the upright, the tubes 26 and the brace rod 23. In this way the use of more expensive threaded connections and fittings is obviated and time saved in assembly. While the invention has been shown in connection with a full circular fixture, it may also be used on wall showers such as shown in said Patent No. 2,042,547.

We desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to any particular form or arrangement of parts except in so far as such limitations are included in the claims.

What we claim as our invention is:

1. In a compartment shower of the type described, the combination with a central standard and radially disposed uprights, of segmental frame members connecting the upper portions of said uprights together and telescopically engaging within said uprights, radially disposed brace rods between the upper end of said standard and said uprights and a pin engaging said frame members and brace rod for locking to each upright, its brace rod and the telescoping ends of adjacent segmental frame members.

2. In a compartmentl shower of the type described, the combination with a central standard and radially :disposed uprightshaving lopenings in their topznortions, of -seementallframe members having inter-engaging connections with each other at their ends, said connections extending through said openings, radially disposed brace rods between the upper end of said standard and-said uprights and extending into saidnplighta .and a locking member passing through'theinter-,engakging connection of said frame members aridithezend of said brace rod disposed within its associated upright to simultaneously securesaid frame mem.. bers, and brace rod, together within saidupright, and means for displacing parts of saidilocking member relative to each other to prevent its meldde-ement.

3. In a compartment -fshower .of the' type 1described, the ,cumbinationwith `a .central standard nand radial-ly disposed uprights having vertically @paced sets .of ,openings in their top portions, ,of 25 "2,238,393

teneins k.ithroilgiu the itelesconing parts of said frame members and the end of brace rod disposed ywithin its associated upright, 4and means for moving the lbrace rod lengthwise to deform said lockingmember to prevent its dislodgement.

" HOWARD G. MULLETT.

JAMES L. SEVEDGE.

'REFERENCES CITED A:The"following"references are of record in the fiilenof this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number 'Name `Date v 642,011 .Sill Jan. 2.3,'1900 2,042,547 `Mur11ett June y2, 19.36 Mullett Apr.15 1941 

